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  • #226
    Re: MOVIES: New Ideas Welcome!

    Put me in the column who thinks Depp is an overrated typecast actor.
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    • #227
      Re: MOVIES: New Ideas Welcome!

      Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
      Put me in the column who thinks Depp is an overrated typecast actor.
      If you mean "off the wall eccentric character" I whole-heartedly agree. If you think he's overrated overall, then I beg to differ slightly. He is typecast. But he does a wonderful job in his roles.
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      • #228
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        Saw Rogue One tonight, in a packed theater with the Ultra Screen (80ft across). I liked it a lot. It had great pacing, good characters used, though Forrest Whitaker's delivery of his lines might start grating on me with repeat viewings, the whole thing just worked. With that said, I'm still not sure about the appearance of two characters' faces. CGI faces are tough to get right, and they looked like high-end videogame faces rather than movie quality CGI. Really, Whitaker's voice and those two faces are the only things where I could find fault.

        The hairless Ewok firing his rifle during the big battle scene was a fun add, or whatever alien race he was supposed to be.
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        • #229
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          I'm thinking I need to see this on Monday. It's becoming close to spoiler-riffic. Not any of anyone's fault but my own. This movie is that big.
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          • #230
            Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
            I'm thinking I need to see this on Monday. It's becoming close to spoiler-riffic. Not any of anyone's fault but my own. This movie is that big.
            Just go, I went by myself tonight...might be my favorite of all the Star Wars movies...although it's hard to find time to rewatch any of the originals since the wife refuses...
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            • #231
              Re: MOVIES: New Ideas Welcome!

              What comedy should I watch tonight if I love Borat, Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Hangover?

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              • #232
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                btw has anybody watched Nocturnal Animals? What do you think?

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                • #233
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                  Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                  I'm still not sure about the appearance of two characters' faces. CGI faces are tough to get right, and they looked like high-end videogame faces rather than movie quality CGI. Really, Whitaker's voice and those two faces are the only things where I could find fault.

                  I hadn't heard about the main CGI face and remarked to the wife that they found a dead ringer (no pun) to play that character.

                  Found out afterwards about the "controversy" surrounding this.

                  Had me fooled, but I wasn't looking for it.

                  The last one was a little off and I couldn't tell if it was b-roll that they tried to make look modern or cgi.


                  Still better than the CGI adds to IV-VI and shows where the art is headed. Kinda scary in a way.

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                  • #234
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                    Originally posted by Gurtholfin View Post
                    I hadn't heard about the main CGI face and remarked to the wife that they found a dead ringer (no pun) to play that character.

                    Found out afterwards about the "controversy" surrounding this.

                    Had me fooled, but I wasn't looking for it.

                    The last one was a little off and I couldn't tell if it was b-roll that they tried to make look modern or cgi.


                    Still better than the CGI adds to IV-VI and shows where the art is headed. Kinda scary in a way.
                    There are other faces that those two, but the other ones you're really have to know what's what with regards to Star Wars. If you'd like, I can give you a YouTube clip, it's fairly short, talking about how they performed those visual feats.
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                    • #235
                      Re: MOVIES: New Ideas Welcome!

                      Originally posted by samiov84 View Post
                      What comedy should I watch tonight if I love Borat, Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Hangover?
                      If you like Crazy, Stupid, Love you should wrap your head tightly in a plastic bag and hyperventilate. Better, turn on the gas oven and put your head in it. But take the bag off first or it won't work.

                      Then go watch Sausage Party, it's great.

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                      • #236
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                        Regarding the CGI tech used in Star Wars, here's a link where they explained at the 35,000-ft level what ILM did to make this happen. Don't click that link if you've not seen the movie as it obviously contains spoilers.
                        "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

                        "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

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                        • #237
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                          Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                          Depp was good in Ninth Gate. That was in 1999. I haven't liked him in anything since. I think he had potential and it went to hell for whatever reason. c.f. Nicholson and Pacino.

                          But in general actors pass through good and bad periods, like painters. There has rarely been an actor who was uniformally good throughout his career.
                          Edward Scissorhands was 1990? egads.

                          In a weird way, Depp reminds me a little of Jack Elam: there are so many movies where he plays a great supporting role as part of an ensemble cast, but his range as a lead actor isn't nearly as broad.
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                          • #238
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                            Patriots Day getting stellar reviews so far.
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                            "Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy." -- W. B. Yeats

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                            • #239
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                              The studio has sent out notice that if reviewers don't like Patriots Day they're Boston Wicked Weak.
                              "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

                              "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

                              "Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth

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                              • #240
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                                Hmm.
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